Federal Way officers met a victim of domestic violence at the Federal Way Winco store who stated that she was attacked by her partner during an incident at her apartment at 34009 1st Circle South. After officers received her statement around midnight, they tracked down her abuser.
Van der Velden
a/k/a Joan M.
Baumgartner, M.D.
At age 81, Joan van der Velden passed away on Oct. 14, 2006. Joan was born on Christmas Day, 1924, to Frank and Marguerite Baumgartner in Toledo, Ohio.
Joan was a true pioneer, graduating in 1950 from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago as one of only three women out of a class of 176. After residency in New York City, she returned to Toledo to practice Anesthesiology. She married Hans van der Velden in 1959 and moved to Seattle by way of Jackson, Mich., in 1961.
After battling cancer for over a year, Bob left us to be with the Lord last Sunday, October 15, 2006. He was at peace in his home on Lake Burien and was surrounded by his family. He was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.
Bob was born in Salina, Kansas, March 29, 1927. He was the youngest child having an older sister and brother. In 1940, at the age of 13, he and his family moved to the Northwest and settled in Vancouver, Wash. He attended Vancouver High School where he excelled in all sports, lettering his first year.
Donovan D. Hanson, M.D., M.Div., age 66, went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 9, 2006.
The Reverend Dr. Hanson served in the Navy for over 10 years and then established his OB/GYN practice in Burien. He later attended Regent College and received his Master of Divinity. After retiring from over 30 years of medical practice, Dr. Hanson established Ruach Adonai Ministries, a non-profit organization through which he served not only the church but also communities locally and worldwide. He loved volunteering in schools and hospitals and was an avid backpacker.
A long time resident of Ballard, Dave passed away at home on Oct. 2nd, at the age of 60. Memorial Services will be held at 3 pm on Fri. Oct. 27th, at Westgate Chapel, 22901 Edmonds Way, Edmonds, WA. Memorials may be made to CAMP ACCESS, a summer camp for kids in wheelchairs 16410 NE 84th St, D474, Lake Stevens, WA 98258.
Football
Federal Way 42, Decatur 7
Decatur and Federal Way were tied, 7-7, at the end of the first quarter Thursday, but it was all Eagles from there.
Greylin James put the Eagles on the scoreboard in the first quarter, catching a 24-yard pass from Justin Southern. Kelyn Rowe's kick was good for the extra point.
Decatur answered when Darrius Harris punched the ball in from the 1-yard line. Jacob Waddle booted the extra point.
But Federal Way struck twice in the second quarter.
A lot of runners from Federal Way, Decatur and Todd Beamer, competed for the annual all-city cross country meet championship and Thomas Jefferson's boys and girls won both competitions on their home 3.1 mile course Wednesday.
TJ's girls, led by senior Kenna Patrick, easily won the girls side of things, 16 for their team, 51 for the next closest, Todd Beamer, and, the Eagles were 67.
"We've been working towards this for the past two years, and it felt great to achieve our goals," said Ed Novak, resource conservation manager for the Federal Way school district.
Novak was referring to the King County "Green Schools" award recently given to the district for outstanding efforts in recycling and decreasing energy use.
"We saved over $75,000 alone last year in energy costs, and with the new school year underway, we're gearing up to reduce use even more," said Novak.
The district lowered its energy consumption by changing to high efficiency l
Just after midnight last Thursday, South King County Fire and Rescue EMTs opened the shirt of a car accident victim to perform CPR and saw a tattoo on the man's chest reading "New York City's Gentle Giant".
The night before, those same EMTs learned from a local TV news report that a rapist was on the loose after attacking a female hotel clerk in Federal Way, said Federal Way Police spokeswoman Stacey Flores.
The news from Georgetown, Pennsylvannia about the incredibly tragic shootings of ten Amish school children on October 2, has struck a chord with people around the world, and it seems more poignant with each new detail that emerges.
Motivations aside, the mere concept of taking the life of a child is so crushingly difficult for the great bulk of humans that it becomes inconceivable when it involves people as untainted as the Amish.
Compounding this loss with the victims being young girls, and it would seem that it cannot be any worse, but yet, when we hear that one young v
